Description: From an interactive forum session at the 2000 Valuation Actuary Symposium held in Washington DC, September 14-15, 2000 This interactive forum addressed the major financial reporting issues and concerns of senior actuaries in life insurance companies.

Description: Presented at May 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed: Guidelines for the Reporting of Self-Administered Reinsurance, What are the proposed guidelines, Why are they necessary, How will ceding companies be affected, What is the impact of recent auditing and U.S. Tax law developments.

Description: From a session at the 2000 Valuation Actuary Symposium held in Washington DC, September 14-15, 2000 Discussion of guaranteed minimum death benefits, guaranteed minimum income benefits, and guaranteed minimum accumulation benefits on variable deferred annuities, along with floor guarantees on variable immediate annuities. This session described the types of benefits found in the marketplace along with the associated risks. Current reserving practices, risk management techniques, and the latest American Academy of Actuaries AAA and National Association of Insurance Commissioners NAIC developments are discussed.

Description: From a session at the 2000 Valuation Actuary Symposium held in Washington DC, September 14-15, 2000 Charts to be attached to the session on 'Minimum Guaranteed Benefits on Variable Annuities'.

Description: This session at the SOA 2001 Annual Meeting discusses variable annuities with guaranteed living benefits including an overview of the market and risk management practices from the viewpoints of a reinsurer, including hedging options, and a rating agency.

Description: Article discussing the risk focused exam approach incorporated in the Financial Condition Examiners Handbook.

Description: This presentation is an open forum, session number 45OF, from the 1999 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held September 23-24 in Los Angeles. In this session, the panelists provide an update on the current uses of reinsurance, including term insurance, mortality stabilization, earnings volatility stabilization, variable life and annuities and other investment-oriented products, health insurance, and nontraditional uses. They discuss uses of reinsurance for specific products and lines of business, reinsurance as a financial tool, and due diligence issues in selecting reinsurers. Statutory and GAAP accounting considerations are presented. Discussion from participants is included.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New Orleans Meeting discusses the developments with regard to reinsurance response to New York Regulation 147 and Guideline XXX. It covers the kinds of terms products sold today and the impact of Guideline XXX on those, a 10 year term product and the options of reinsurance that are available. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 1.